Benjamin Becker vs Sam Groth — Kuala Lumpur Round of 32

Kuala Lumpur · ATP · Round of 32
GER
Benjamin Becker
45 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 September 2015
hard
AUS
Sam Groth
38 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
Becker B.
6-1 7-6
Groth S.
Becker B.
6782
Groth S.
1660

Benjamin Becker defeated Sam Groth 6-1 7-6 in the Kuala Lumpur round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Benjamin Becker came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Benjamin Becker came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Becker B.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Groth S.

Groth S.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Becker B.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Becker B.Groth S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
72%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
63%
68%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
32%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.4
14.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (125 vs 150). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Becker B.Groth S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
42
28
Break points saved·Slight edge
81
89
Break points won·Clear edge
29
7
Deciding sets·Dominant
60
33
Tiebreaks·Even
29
31

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Ferrer D.[1]
Lopez F.[2]
7-57-5
Semi-finals
Lopez F.[2]
Kyrgios N.[7]
7-627-65
Ferrer D.[1]
Becker B.
3-66-26-4
Quarter-finals
Lopez F.[2]
Pospisil V.[8]
6-726-36-2
Kyrgios N.[7]
Karlovic I.[3]
7-647-62
Ferrer D.[1]
Kukushkin M.
6-36-4
Becker B.
Dimitrov G.[4]
6-47-63
R16
Kukushkin M.
Albot R.
6-36-2
Ferrer D.[1]
Stepanek R.
7-56-3
Dimitrov G.[4]
Sousa J.
2-66-36-4
Becker B.
Chardy J.[6]
5-76-17-5
Kyrgios N.[7]
Ito T.
6-36-2
Karlovic I.[3]
Basilashvili N.
7-54-66-3
Pospisil V.[8]
Baghdatis M.
7-623-66-3
Lopez F.[2]
Zverev M.
6-37-64
R32
Basilashvili N.
Nedovyesov A.
6-31-0
Sousa J.
Przysiezny M.
6-26-2
Becker B.
Groth S.
6-17-66
Ito T.
Nieminen J.
6-27-63
Baghdatis M.
Almagro N.
6-36-756-1
Stepanek R.
Sugita Y.
7-666-0
Kukushkin M.
Ramanathan R.
6-26-2
Albot R.
Troicki V.[5]
6-27-65
Kyrgios N.[7]
Giraldo S.
6-12-1
Pospisil V.[8]
Uchiyama Y.
6-36-4
Zverev M.
Ram R.
7-623-66-3
Chardy J.[6]
Zverev A.
3-66-36-2